Syrian civil war

This week’s joint US, UK, French aerial attack on Syria may not change the course of the civil war in Syria—The government of Bashar al-Assad seems still on course to prevail over its internal enemies, [...]

Ground level reporting of war is one of the most valuable forms of journalism, in that it tells you what’s happening rather than what people say is happening. It’s especially valuable in such instances [...]

Beirut— Less than fifteen months ago, everything seemed to be going well for Vladimir Putin in his client state of Syria and his efforts to save his Syrian ally, President Bashar al-Assad. Rebels [...]

When President Trump hosted Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the White House Tuesday he pointedly described the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, which operates its own foreign and defense policies [...]

During Washington’s ongoing Trump investigation circus, little attention is being paid to one the President’s most daring and risky foreign policy moves: muscling in on the war in Syria. Yet this [...]

Politicians in Europe are howling about President Trump’s cruel and inept executive order on refugees, and comparing his scattershot treatment to Europe’s which they argue is benign and in line with [...]